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  1. 17th August 2014, 11:09 AM #1
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    Question Cutting/extending/soldering ABS leads?

    Has anyone managed to successfully cut/solder/extend the ABS leads on the D2?

    I'm getting intermittent three amigo faults caused by the rear. On inspection I have found the cause to be corrosion in the connections. When I clean this up the fault is cleared and stays away until next time the corrosion occurs.

    Due to launching a boat into salt water this occurs rather frequently despite my best efforts in rinsing off afterwards.

    I have purchased two new ABS leads - the new long type that run back into the cabin instead of having a connection into the main wiring hardness, but I'd rather not spend the time/effort running these new leads when I already have fully functional sensors and wiring. Instead I was thinking I could remove the plug/connection section, extend the wiring and hard solder/connect them together - thereby taking away the part causing the fault.

    Has anyone successfully soldered these? I came across a thread a few years ago, which I cannot find now, that had opinions in it that these wires could not be cut and extended as the change in resistance would upset the ABS controller.
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  2. 17th August 2014, 11:18 AM #2
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    No problems doing this at all Scott, the resistance changes through a plug are far worse than a soldered joint. The possibility is that there may eventually come a time when the harness fails at the bulkhead area, necessitating the long lead fitment, but as logic would suggest you have located the current problem anyway.

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  3. 17th August 2014, 02:05 PM #3
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    if you decide to solder a piece of wire there use the same kind of wire from other sensor and there will be no trouble... but maybe it would be easyer for you to try a very efficient water repellent electric contact spray in the plug, i hope it' will not be considered advertising, i used it myself in all the ECUs, fuseboxes and exposed plugs cos for me the moisture ingress was the problem(early spring and late autumn are very wet around here) , search for "Nanoprotech electric ..." ... after i treated things with that everything was fine.
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  4. 17th August 2014, 05:11 PM #4
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    IIRC, back in the very early days of D2 mods, I think it may have been Greg Davis in the US did this to extend the ABS lines. I thought he said they were aluminum or something weird like that and were not particularly straight forward to do. I could be wrong, but it may be worth a quick search either on Discoweb, Pirate or the Disco2Owners Yahoo discussion group I think it was
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  5. 17th August 2014, 08:03 PM #5
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    I've found Lanolin spray very effective on terminals prone to corrosion.
    It may at least extend the time before cleaning in your case.
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